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« Reply #15 on: October 28, 2013, 01:40:58 PM » |
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There are lots of photos of the aftermath in the Atlantic Museum. They show the blackened remains of buildings & look very like the images of the French trenches with every living thing destroyed. The diary of one child who survived tells how 35 members of his family were wiped out in an instant.
I'd read about this, but when you see the size of the harbour & how much of the city was destroyed, it brings home just how big the explosion must've been.
Bizarrely, the captain of the ship that collected most of the Titanic bodies, was killed fighting the fire on the munitions ship.
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« Reply #16 on: October 28, 2013, 01:45:39 PM » |
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A sculpture on the modern Halifax boardwalk. The authorities tried to stop people climbing on it, but eventually gave up & installed child friendly rubber matting around it's base.
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« Reply #17 on: October 28, 2013, 01:50:10 PM » |
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Not quite on the same magnitude as the Titanic, the children's TV series, Theodore the Tug Boat was filmed here. You can go for trips around the harbour in him.
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« Reply #18 on: October 28, 2013, 01:51:55 PM » |
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« Reply #19 on: October 28, 2013, 01:53:47 PM » |
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The Queen Mary 2 was in port. My parents holidayed on this a few years ago.
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« Reply #20 on: October 28, 2013, 01:56:13 PM » |
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"Drunken Lamposts" sculpture.
One lies inebriated on the deck while his mate stands over him.
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« Reply #21 on: October 28, 2013, 01:57:22 PM » |
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A third has a small flap open in it's base & is "urinating" into the harbour. Canadian humour.  |
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« Reply #22 on: October 28, 2013, 01:59:36 PM » |
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I wanted to see a Moose on my travels, but the nearest I got was watching the Halifax Mooseheads in action at the ice hockey stadium. They lost to the Acadians.
The closest Moose are actually 200 miles away, but as they're the size of a Shire Horse & weigh 2 tons, I couldn't bring one back in my hand luggage.
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« Reply #23 on: October 28, 2013, 02:02:09 PM » |
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« Reply #24 on: October 28, 2013, 02:03:15 PM » |
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« Reply #25 on: October 28, 2013, 02:04:44 PM » |
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Spot the Moose in the audience.
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« Reply #27 on: October 28, 2013, 03:17:02 PM » |
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Looks like you packed a lot in to your holiday!
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« Reply #28 on: October 28, 2013, 05:06:00 PM » |
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 My sister & brother in law had drawn up an itinary of things to see. I was there for 2 1/2 weeks, so we ticked a lot off the list.
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« Reply #29 on: October 29, 2013, 06:39:26 PM » |
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got yourself a bit of the old edumacation while you were there then
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